Examples: Swiss construction giant Implenia is working with IBM to test ways to turn off lights in real buildings by flipping virtual switches in the virtual world of Second Life. The University of Maryland simulated a highway emergency ... after the person watches them being manufactured in the virtual world of Second Life. (see Virtual Jeans=Real Jeans ... ¬Ssecond lifeâ¬ý, but not necessarily in Second Life.â¬ý The use of virtual worlds as learning platforms is hitting the ...

... presentation or Upload your own. (tags: second life ) 2) Bart took some great notes on the presentation. You ... One of the things that I love about the Internet (Cue the violins) is the life that presentations and information after the live presentation is over and begins to fade from memory. Because we now have blogs, wikis, podcasting and Web 2.0 ... longer shelf-life is exciting and reminds me of an old saying. If I have a penny and you have a penny and we exchange ... Philip Rosedale, a panel discussion and a presentation by IBM's Chuck Hamilton. Good presentations worth checking ...

Recently, I received a some really good questions related specifically to Second Life but primarily are about virtual ... many educators have related to the social networks and Second Life. 1) Kids use these â¬Splacesâ¬ý like Second Life ... : Students Actually Use the Internet for Education. 2) Currently, it seems that much of the Second Life work is more ... starting to publish some research articles and case studies about Second Life but it is still relatively new. Although, I ... and then study the results. One school doing a lot of "actual work" in the area of Second Life is Ohio State. Check ...

IBM has released a 3D game to teach engineering concepts to kids. It comes complete with lesson plans for teachers including one called windturbine design and build challenge. They are working through a group they helped form called TryScience . Read more about IBM and TryScience here . You can read about their other partner, New York Hall of Science as well. The game is called PowerUp . Players journey to planet Helios and deal with ecological problems. Once there the learners race to save the plant as they build solutions that are ecologically friendly. Playing the game, ...

... project manager. Maybe all the long hours at MMORPG keyboard can help you in your career. Steve referenced our IBM GIO ...

He discussed the companies in Second Life including: Dell, BMW, IBM, Toyota, Circuit Ciy and others. He mentioned ... Morneau from Capella University who are providing a session on Second Life. So, I am taking some notes: The presentation will talk about history of virtual environments and a theoretical framework for Second Life in the classroom. They are defining Second Life as "A 3D virtual world created by its inhabitants." Things you can do: Shopping, having classes ... version in 1997...still ongoing today. Scott then spent some time explaining many of the terms of Second Life ...

Last Summer Second Life was all the rage in the popular media. In fact, one of the most linked (and found) pages on this blog are the Second Life Tutorials  ( more SL posts ). However, as much as SL gathered media attention, the bigger interest for most of us was the discipline of engineering simulation and data visualization. While conducting some research recently, I became aware of an excellent visualization seminar series from Duke University. Like most ... (and) IBM "Many Eyes" Tool - IBM AlphaWorks Web 2.0 visualization web site Georgia Tech ...

Learning Gets a Second Life Presenter: Anders Gronstedt, Gronstedt Group Digital natives spend more time playing video ... 2.0. - Think in terms of virtual environments. IBM - 25 islands and 30,000 people Others also doing this as well (Cisco for example) Weekly meetings in Second Life. - Sound now available in second life!!!! Can express self through ... figure it out. - Have seen emergency responder training in 2nd life. Second Life and Training - 1200 educational ... helping instructors do this. - Second life has own scripting language - Most of this is one-time development.

Second Life interview that is then made into a documentary about your company. IBM's Vice President of IBM's Technical Strategy and Innovation, Irving Wladawsky-Berger sits for an interview in Second Life. Another feature that could ... Second Life and movies have had a history. In my post Second Life at the Movies , I discuss the possibility of a full-feature length movie being created in Second Life. Well it has finally happened as a documentary. Filmmaker Douglas ... orientation provides great promise and possibilities. It allows you to leverage Second Life or other virtual worlds ...

... structures of enterprise. In fact, a recent study from IBM's Global Innovation Outlook suggests that the future might ... , information has a social life all its own. It moves through time and space based on the desire and ability of ...

Earlier this week I had the opportunity to particpate with colleagues from IBM and Duke CE in a plenary session at the HRPS Conference Our session was entitled “ Second Life: What's the Business Case for HR in the Virtual World?” My buddy Steve Mahaley (Ace Carson in SL) did an awesome job of producing this plenary. And boy was it ... script and had to manage timing with Chuck Hamilton from IBM who was dialled in on SL from Vancouver. We kicked it ... Industry Applications at IBM that dealth with HR (Recruiting, Call Centers, Intern Training, Onboarding, Alumni etc, ...

The i-web Singularity Redux that at Virtual Worlds III this week the announcement was made that Second Life has worked out a deal with IBM to move Second Life behind the IBM corporate firewall. If this can be a standard business practice for Second Life (living behind corporate firewalls) it is a removal of a huge obstacle for entry into 3D worlds for many ... and public spaces at will. You can see other IBM efforts in Second Life such as the Healthcare island. Read about it in IBM Opens New 3D Virtual Healthcare Island on Second Life __ Catalog of Recommended Books, Games and ...

Virtual Worlds III is in full swing up in New York and around the blogosphere. The big news is that IBM announces a development deal with Second Life to bring their platform to the enterprise. This is yet one more piece of the puzzle ... second thought. Vector 3: The 212 degree point for for both Trend 1 and 2 is when the web enters the next dimension ... rather than second-hand products. No one will work for the i-web. Instead the i-web will work for them. Providing i-web ... -phone was cool, wait until the i-web consumes us (or our avatars). Here is the 2minute 30 second romp through ...

... the panel included Philip Rosedale, President of Linden Labs (owner of Second Life), and Dr William Parris, a vice-president of IBM. (my thanks to some co-workers who keyed me in about the webcast and The Sentinel).